Service difficulty report · Acm · Dhav DHC8311

Difficulty date
May 25, 2001
Submitted
July 5, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Dhav DHC8311
Aircraft time
22,424 hours
Engine
Pwa PW123
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF15
Part
Acm
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Acm Bay
Part time
11,894 hours, 15,894 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

(CAN) DURING SCHEDULED REPLACEMENT OF THE FORWARD ECS HEAT EXCHANGER AND CONDENSER/MIXER, THE FORWARD AIR CYCLE MACHINE WAS FOUND TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH OIL. THE ACM WAS REPLACED. THIS UNIT HAD ONLY BEEN IN SERVICE FOR 1998 HOURS SINCE OVERHAUL AND MODIFICATION BY HAMILTION SUNSTRAND. WC 160